An Awful Sports Weekend

Thank god the Boston College Eagles won the Frozen Four men's hockey national championship - there was our second shining moment along side Chien-Ming Wang's gem Friday night.

The rest of the weekend was a bust.

Tiger...it's called a putter, I am fairly certain you have seen one before...In fact I believe you have even used a few, but you wouldnt know it by your performance on Sunday at Augusta.  Eeesh.  Shooting even par in those conditions was impressive, but the round should have been better by at least 5 shots (holes 4, 8, 10, 13 & 14 specifically).  Make sure Trevor Immelman takes care of your jacket.

Montreal appeared to be in control until they played down to the hapless Bruins on the road for a game 3 overtime loss (their first loss to Boston in the past 152 games head to head.)

And that brings us to my beloved Bombers...In Saturday's loss, after that ridiculously managed rain delay, I can understand ARod jumping on the first fastball he sees from Papelbon (and he fouled it straight back, just missed it) but in the next inning, Jason Giambi, what pitch were you looking for?  First and second pitch straight strike heat.  It's Jonathan Papelbon, good thing you took the fastballs to 0-2 so he could give his splitter a little practice.

And its not all on Giambi, when you get the walks the Yanks were given this weekend and stranded as many as they did its an epidemic.  THEY WILL HIT, I KNOW THIS, I AM ONLY ASKING WHEN?

Moose walked the tightrope on Saturday and I didnt think he was sub-par, I just dont understand leaving him in to pitch to Manny, although Bruney's inability to get Youkilis next seems to make the argument academic.  Was Hughes overthrowing?  It appeared to be the case to me, but it doesnt account for the pitch selection.  It seems those calls are coming from the bench, but it was at times predictable.  I still think Hughes will be fine eventually, but with a young gun you have to protect his psyche as much as his arm...He needs to right his own ship before he suffers a string of early hooks.

Well, off to Tampa Bay before returning briefly to the Bronx for revenge on the Sox.  Let's get a streak going.

Go Yanks!